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BiographyChris van Wyk
Chris van Wyk was born at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg in 1957 and grew up in Newclare, before moving to Riverlea, a poor suburb…
BiographySimon van der Stel
Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens. The couple were en route to Mauritius when Maria gave birth to…
BiographyManatanya­na Patrick Sin­dile
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… Smith-Dorrien's march had been kept under observation by San (Bushmen) who also acted as messengers. The Boers capitalised on the San's knowledge of the…
BiographyFrank Harold (Sam) Butler
Maritz Van den Berg
BiographyJohannes (Jan) de Klerk
Johannes de Klerk was born on 22 July 1903 in Burgersdorp. He was the eldest son of Reverend Willem de Klerk and Aletta Johannes van Rooy. De Klerk went to…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. Slabbert attended…
BiographyBaron Joachim van Plettenberg
J.A. van Plettenberg was born on the 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden in Friesland, the Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Casimir and Agatha Petronella van Ammena…
Aubrey Vincent Van Rooyen
Nova Van der Ross
BiographyJean van der Poel
Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and she…
Leonora van den Heever
Van den Heever was born in Windhoek in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein. She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria, and…
BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career in speech and drama education…
BiographyClive Van den Berg
Van den Berg Clive was born in Zambia. He studied at UN(P) and obtained a BA(FA). He lectured in Art History at UN(P) in 1982. From 1983 he was a lecturer at…
BiographyJan Ernest Abraham Volschenk
BiographyMotisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala
Motisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed…
BiographyRichard Ernest van der Ross
Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was…
BiographyWillem Adriaan Van der Stel
BiographyNicholaas Petrus Van Wyk Louw
Manatanya­na Patrick Sin­dile
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… in-depth documentation about the lives of the modern San living in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa resulted in … locally and internationally and a book …
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… will commit the whole of South Africa, black and white, in San Francisco. Dr. Soong will speak for the 400 millions … Minister we have sent that document and…
BiographyPieter Voltelyn Graham. Van der byl
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
… My dear Aung San Su Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, … An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017 …
BiographyBenny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
… of business. He has instead chosen to capitalise on his San and Griqua ancestry by taking up a job as adviser to Adam … The section 21 company aims to…
BiographyDawid Kruiper
… Ram” (The Old Ram). He was the first son of the legendary San leader, Regopstaan Kruiper. Kruiper was the traditional leader and healer of the Khomani San,…
The South African Navy (SAN) is 80 years old.
… The South African Navy (SAN) is 80 years old. …
EventThe Khoi and San National Language Body is officially launched in Upington, Northern Cape
… still highly regarded. The government set up the Khoi and San National Language Board in 1999, to ensure that these … The Khoi and San National Language Body…
Dorothea Bleek (80), authority on San art and culture, dies.
… Dorothea Bleek (80), authority on San art and culture, dies. …